Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive185% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20201103
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 28 '21 at 20:44
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User BGR-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF-$97
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
79.3% Very good
Memory 78.3
1-Core 108
2-Core 216
75% 134 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 662
68% 547 Pts
64-Core 831
51% 831 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
32.8% Below average
Lighting 42.9
Reflection 41.4
Parallax 39.4
35% 41.2 fps
MRender 37.4
Gravity 41.8
Splatting 27.9
28% 35.7 fps
Poor: 27%
This bench: 32.8%
Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2s85 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 743 986 415 240 116 103 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
185% Outstanding
Read 1896
Write 1,019
Mixed 1008
SusWrite 434
241% 1,089 MB/s
4K Read 42.8
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 54.8
208% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 36.7
DQ Write 830
DQ Mixed 52.9
155% 306 MB/s
Poor: 76%
This bench: 185%
Great: 244%
Seagate ST3160827AS 160GB-$70
69GB free
Firmware: 3.42
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 51 51 51 51 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
29.1% Poor
Read 50.3
Write 51
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 50.9
35% 47 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 29.1%
Great: 32%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1GB
0GB free, PID 0008
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.7 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
3.99% Terrible
Read 10
Write 3
Mixed 4.2
SusWrite 4.5
6% 5.43 MB/s
4K Read 6.6
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.99%
Great: 4%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3600 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49.6% Average
MC Read 18.4
MC Write 16.1
MC Mixed 15.6
48% 16.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 17.7
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 83.8
48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 49.6%
Great: 122%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,100 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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